Gallery: Dave Grohl's star-studded birthday bash

Foo Fighters play 32-song set with some help from Lemmy, David Lee Roth, Alice Cooper, Slash and more!

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On January 7, Foo Fighters tweeted their 1.96 million followers a cryptic message alluding to an event that would take place on Saturday evening.

It was quickly followed by pictures of the band performing live and a Roman forum. The following day, the band revealed that they were to play a special show at The Forum – ah, right – in Inglewood, California to celebrate frontman Dave Grohl’s birthday and raise money for the Rock School Scholarship Fund and the Sweet Relief and MusiCares charities.

Fans who’d bought tickets had no idea of the all-star jam that was to take place inside the 17,500 capacity venue.

During their 32-song set, the band plundered their 20-year back catalogue and welcomed a stream of legends onto the stage, including KISS frontman Paul Stanley, Tenacious D, Alice Cooper, Jane’s Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell and Van Halen’s David Lee Roth for a series of spirited cover versions. The evening ended with a cover of Chuck Berry’s Let It Rock, featuring Motörhead’s Lemmy, Zakk Wylde and Slash.

Check out the gallery of shots below. We’re jealous of 17,500 people right now, quite frankly…